Head in Black and Green by Alexej von Jawlensky

Art work details

Original Title :

Kopf in Schwarz und Grun

Year of production :

1956

Artist:

Alexej von Jawlensky

Medium :

Lithograph, Colour, Poster

Materials:

Paper, Ink (printing)

Dimensions :

height: 53.5 cms; width: 49.5 cms

Credit Line :

Purchased from the Redfern Gallery

Associated Groups :

Der Blaue Reiter

Tags:

Lithograph, Portrait, Purple, Poster, von Jawlensky

Original painted in 1913.

In the years preceding the First World War, Jawlensky painted over a hundred women’s faces with black contours and dark, staring eyes. Here the large, heavily contoured, dark eyes gaze out to the viewer, an individual characteristic within the emotionally intense green of the simplified facial structure.